Well, the 40D was the first to have Live View on the Canon side of things, and it was only a matter of time before it hit the entry level Rebels. I’m sure this is as much an attempt to get more people into the DSLR space as anything else, but it feels like they are trying to make two worlds collide – the point and shoot and the SLR. True, you have the best of both worlds on this these new bodies. You can have amazing lenses, full control and see what you are going to get on the file/on film before you shoot. But you also get the worst – chunky body, poor ISO performance (I can’t imagine what the 800+ ISO performance is going to be like) and poor battery life. So why even bother with these bodies? Well now there is a great route to move from the P&S world into the DSLR world. Making these bodies a great tool for teaching and learning photography – getting people to move from their cell phones to a real camera.
I just hope High Schools and Jr. High/Middle Schools out there can afford to get at least a couple of these bodies.
Leave a Reply